# What what your favorite boardgame as a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157 "2004-11-05T11:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/41 "2004-11-07T04:40:44Z")
late 50s/early 60s kid putting in his $.02 Monopoly. We’d play for days. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/42 "2004-11-07T04:49:48Z")
Twister is a most excellent game. Except the darn spinner was so easily broken. Has anyone here every played or heard good/bad/indifferent buzz on co-operative games. They are big in the Waldorf/home schooling community and the basic gist of the games is you work together towards the goal not against each other. Part of me thinks this concept is totally Un-American. Another part of me thinks its cool. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/43 "2004-11-07T05:21:34Z")
Monopoly and Mousetrap ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/44 "2004-11-07T05:49:05Z")
I can’t believe this many replies and I’m the first one to mention **Backgammon**. Still my favourite. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/45 "2004-11-07T21:23:23Z")
> [@Mauvaise](#): > > I can’t believe this many replies and I’m the first one to mention **Backgammon**. Still my favourite. :o Me too! Only I’m not allowed to play it any more as my husband can’t beat me at it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/46 "2004-11-07T21:31:55Z")
> [@LMM](#): > > Nobody played chess as a kid? I did, and really liked it. I wasn’t (and still am not) a prodigy or anything, but I enjoyed it a lot. > > Don’t know if that falls within the OP’s definition of “board games.” Pssst! See post #17… And yes, it’s a board game. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/47 "2004-11-07T22:36:49Z")
Talisman, a British board game that seemed to be a cross between Monopoly and Dungeons and Dragons. Used to have floating games of Talisman going on for DAYS at my apartment, long ago… ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/48 "2004-11-07T22:48:56Z")
As a little kid\*\* Sorry \*\* and **Hungry Hippo** As an older kid **Battleship** As a teen **Stratego** ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/49 "2004-11-07T22:51:26Z")
We loved **Totopoly**. This is a board game based on horse-racing. It has two separate boards. On the first board you train the horses and on the second you race them, placing bets with the bookmaker. ---
**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/50 "2004-11-07T23:23:19Z")
Barbie Goes to the Prom. It came in a pink box with a picture of Barbie and a crown. (Circa 1962/63???) My best friend Susan and I played for blood. I still remember the name of the “geek” date. His name was Pointdexter. You should have heard us scream when we picked his card! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/51 "2004-11-08T01:51:54Z")
> [@Master Wang-Ka](#): > > Used to have floating games of Talisman going on for DAYS at my apartment, long ago… I don’t think it’s possible to play a game of Talisman in _less_ than a day… It especially pissed me off if you went through all the trouble to get to the center of the board, then drew a Fate card that essentially said “Boom, you died.” !$#%@^!%!?! ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/52 "2004-11-08T08:04:29Z")
I played Chess with my father a lot as a kid, but never with anyone else. Me and my brothers would play mammoth games of Risk or Monopoly. Now I like Settlers, and Cranium. And I still play Chess. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/53 "2004-11-08T12:36:32Z")
I played Chess alot as a kid with my brother. I lost pretty much every game. Mr. Ujest never played chess until about 10 years ago and was taught by a 9 year old. When we play, he kicks my butt. Despite my luck on the battlefield, I perservere and keep trying to win. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/54 "2004-11-08T13:43:33Z")
Monopoly. Scrabble. Chess. Axis & Allies. Trivial Pursuit. The classics. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/55 "2004-11-08T13:48:58Z")
I love backgammon. Just the right mix of skill and luck. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157/56 "2004-11-08T15:10:54Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Boardgame geek has [images of several editions](http://www.boardgamegeek.com/imagegallery.php3?gameid=1475), the one we played must have been from 1971. [Looks like it’s still being made](http://www.toys2wish4.com/cagabypabr.html). Looks like my folks had the 1958 version of **Careers** … I might just have to get a new copy of that game… Thanks for the links! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-what-your-favorite-boardgame-as-a-kid/273157.md?page=2)